Our team of certified genetic counselors is dedicated to helping you navigate your genetic health and provide up-to-date care recommendations. Your genetic counselor can:

• Help you explore and make decisions about your options for screening and diagnostic testing during a pregnancy
• Review how genes, birth defects, and medical conditions can run in families, and how they might affect your family’s health, including current and future pregnancies
• Interpret prenatal screening or diagnostic testing results, including potential causes for unexpected ultrasound findings
• Provide support and information

You can see your counselor in-person or online via telehealth. Either way, it is important for you and your partner/family to prepare for your appointment by noting any specific questions or concerns that you have so that the genetic counselor can be sure to address those during your visit.

If there are specific results that you would like to discuss with the genetic counselor (ultrasound reports, prior test results, etc), it is important to make sure that information is sent to GSF before your scheduled appointment so that the genetic counselor has an opportunity to review everything before meeting with you. If you’re concerned about any medication exposures during your pregnancy, make sure to make a list of all medications you’ve taken during your pregnancy.

A prenatal genetic counseling consultation also includes a detailed medical and family history, so it may be helpful to talk with relatives (as well as your partner’s relatives) ahead of the visit to gather information about their health history. Some things to ask about can include: 

• Significant health or medical concerns 
• Diagnosis of a genetic condition 
• Babies who have had to have surgery 
• Babies who have died shortly after birth 
• Family members with any delays (not walking or talking on schedule, needing help in school, autism spectrum disorder, etc) 
• Women who have had three or more miscarriages, and 
• Women who have gone through menopause before the age of 40

It is common for there to be limitations to gathering family health history, including a loss of contact, family members not wanting to share their health history, or someone being adopted. It is helpful to gather as much information that is comfortable to ask for.

The cost for genetic counseling is $250, which can be paid securely online by credit card or arrangements can be made to pay by check. It is both the philosophy and practice at GSF that genetic services, including genetic counseling, should be available to those in need, regardless of ability to pay. For this reason, we have financial aid available for those who qualify.

Do you accept insurance? Do you have a financial assistance program?
Please visit our FAQ page for billing, insurance, and other common questions.

• Mother (or egg donor) will be 35 years old or older at the time of delivery
• Personal and/or family history of a genetic condition or birth defect
• Prenatal screening test which suggest an increased chance for a chromosome condition, birth defect, or other health concern in the pregnancy
• Ultrasound findings, such as minor markers or birth defects
• Interest in prenatal diagnostic testing by chorionic villus sampling (CVS) or amniocentesis
• Drug or medication use in pregnancy
• Couples who are related by blood (such as cousins)

Still have questions about genetic counseling?
Please call us at (844) 743-6384 or schedule an in-person or telehealth consultation today. 

Our team of certified and genetic counselors is dedicated to helping you navigate your genetic health and provide up-to-date care recommendations. We begin by reviewing your personal medical history, your detailed family history, and any concerns you may have. After analyzing that information, we discuss any concerns regarding a potential underlying genetic condition.

Sometimes, individuals who see a genetic counselor for a pediatric or general adult genetic counseling consultation will also need to be seen by a geneticist (a doctor who specializes in genetics) because many genetic conditions are diagnosed by either a physical exam, lab work, or both, which need to be done by a doctor. Our office forwards the genetic counseling consultation summary to the person’s geneticist so the doctor has all of the detailed relevant information ahead of that appointment.

You can see your counselor in-person or online via telehealth. Either way, it is important to come to your appointment with any specific questions or concerns that you have so that the genetic counselor can be sure to address those during your visit. 

A pediatric or general adult genetic counseling consultation also includes a detailed medical and family history, so it may be helpful to talk with relatives ahead of the visit to gather information about their health history. Some things to ask about can include:

• Health concerns (cancer, diabetes, heart disease), including the age they were diagnosed
• Any diagnosis of a genetic condition 
• Babies who have had to have surgery 
• Babies who have died shortly after birth 
• Family members with any delays (not walking or talking on schedule, needing help in school, autism spectrum disorder, etc) 

It is common for there to be limitations to gathering family health history, including a loss of contact, family members not wanting to share their health history, or someone being adopted. It is helpful to gather as much information that is comfortable to ask for.

If you have already had genetic or any other testing done that you would like to discuss with the genetic counselor it is important to forward that information along to GSF ahead of your appointment so the genetic counselor can review it.

The cost for genetic counseling is $250, which can be paid securely online by credit card or arrangements can be made to pay by check. It is both the philosophy and practice at GSF that genetic services, including genetic counseling, should be available to those in need, regardless of ability to pay. For this reason, we have financial aid available for those who qualify.

Do you accept insurance? Do you have a financial assistance program?
Please visit our FAQ page for billing, insurance, and other common questions.

• Newborn Screening
• Childhood development
  • Developmental delays
  • Intellectual disability
  • Autism spectrum disorder
  • Congenital hearing loss
• Metabolic disorders
  • Amino acid disorders
  • Mitochondrial disorders
  • Fatty acid oxidation disorders
  • Peroxisomal disorders
• Heart & Cardiovascular conditions
  • Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
  • Brugada syndrome, 
  • Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, 
  • Long QT syndrome, 
  • Familial dilated cardiomyopathy, 
  • Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, 
  • Left ventricular noncompaction, 
  • Familial hypercholesterolemia, 
  • Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
• Connective Tissue Disorders
  • Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
  • Classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
  • Marfan syndrome
• Personalized Medicine
  • Tumor testing, 
  • Predictive and Prognostic testing
  • Direct-to-consumer testing
  • Pharmacogenomic testing
  • Ancestry testing

Still have questions about genetic counseling?
Please call us at (844) 743-6384 or schedule an in-person or telehealth consultation today.